Device for water distribution



Mar. 13,1923.

.T. DE LA MARE DEVICE FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION 2 sheets-sheet 1 Filed Mar.

Mar. 13, 1923-.

T. DE LA MARE DEVICE FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION 2 sheets-sheaf, 2

Filed Mal.

Patented Mar. 13, 1923.

THOMAS'DE naivman'or ro on rnfnranr I DEVICE roawa'rnn nrs'rRIB rIoN.

Application filed March 11, 1521. seriainb. 451,429.

T all whom/lit may. concern: 7 1

Be it known that I, THOMAS DELA MARE, a citizenoffthe United States, residing at Tooele, in the county of Tooele and State of Utah, have invented anew and useful De.-

. vice for Water Distribution, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming thesubject ma-tter'of this application is adapted to. be used for various purposes in connection with irrigation, forinstance, forcarryinga stream of water under a roadway, or for receiving and distributing water from a ditch.

The invention aims to provide novel means for receiving conducting and distributing water under conditions above alluded to and set forth in detail hereinafter.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the v invention appertains.

. and, therefore, I

l/Vithin the scope of what is claimed, a mechanic may work cl1anges in the structure depicted and described, departing from the spirit'oftheinvention, do not bindmyself to the use of the particular form selected as illus trative.

v In the drawings :Figure 1 shows in ver tical longitudlnal section, a device con-, structed in accordance with the inventlony Figure 2 is a top plan; Figure 3 is a sectional detail showing a portion of the screen; Figure 4 is a cross section through one well, a dam plate appearing asan added detail; Figure 5 is a cross section on the line 55 of Figure 1; Figurefi is a diagrammatic section referred to inthe' description of the application of, the invention; Figure 7 is a vertical longitudinal section showing a.

modified form of the invention.

Referring to Figures 1 to 6, the numeral 1 designates a portal, including a cross wall 2 and wings 3. A screen 4 is mounted for vertical swinging movement between the wings 3 and includesa top bar 5 having angular arms 6 whereln pivot screws 7 are threaded, the screws being pointed to facilitate the mounting of the screws in the wings 3, as shown in Figure 3; 'lne screen embodies a bottom bar 8 and slats or rods 9 connecting the bar 8 with the bar 5. The screen commonly rests in the inclined position shown in Figure l and prevents the en'- trance of much trash into the device. To facilitate cleaning, the screen may beswung located adjacent I the I precise without as shown in jdotted jline in Figure 7.

Afirst well 10 islsp'aced from'the portal 1 and is considerably deeper than the portal, a pipe 11 establishing communicationfbetween the portal and the well. In the form shown in Figure 1, the pipe 1l.is'located relatively near to the top of In the bottom .of the well-1'0 1,44 22 T NT acme I over ontopof the cross wall of the portal,

the well 10. is located a removable receptacle or basketyl2, adapted to receive rocks andjother material which may have been swept into the well 10 past the screen 9.

second well; 14 is spaced from the well 8, a removable receptacleor basket 18 beand serving, like the vbasket'12, to receive trash, it being clearthat when it is desired to clean the wells, the baskets or simplymay be hoisted out.v The well 10 is receptacles.

mg located in the bottom of the second .well

conneeted'with the we11'14 'by'a, pipe bottoms of the wells,

but above the upper edges of the receptacles 12 and 18 The from the well" 10 the flow of water in the pipe, is approximately triangular in pipe 15 has a marked slope drain, thereby avoiding injury arising out Any suitable. means may be provided for conducting the water fromlthe well 14. It'maynotbe de-s of the freezing of the water.

sirable to distribute the water directly from to the well 14, to facilitate as, shown in Figure 5, and may include a 17 therein.

practicallyclean. A gate a V the well 14, but if such a distribution is desirable, the well may be supplied at its top with weirs 20. Sometimes the supply of water will not be sulficient to warrant, all of the weirs to be openat once, and under such circumstances, one or more of the weirs may be closed by shown in Figure 4, and seated in the weir Referring to concerning the application of the invention, may be in order. Ordinarily,

ridge or'height of land, so that the lateral ditches may slope properly to carry the water to the places of application; If a roadway, railroad cut'or the like, indicated at'23, is

Figure 6, a word or two a removable dam plate 21, U

I an irrigation ditch 22 is carried along the crest of a hill,

made in the height of land, the main ditch It is under such circumdevice shown in Figure 1 The well is located on 22 is interrupted. stance-s, that the comes into use.

one side of the cut, the well 14.- is located on the opposite side of the cut, and the pipe passes below the cut. The portal 1 collects the water, the water being delivered into the well 10 through the pipe 11, and passing into the well l t byway of the pipe 15. The water rises in the well 14 tothe height of the outlet, and reenters the ditch 22, or, is distributed otherwise. Generally considered, the device shown in Figure 1 comprises a well 14:, a portal 1, and a conduit connecting the portal with the well,

i the conduit including the parts 11, 10 [and conduit connecting viously used, with the sufiix in the construction and groove 25 in its inner end."

A closure plate 201s, provided, and includes a flange 27' received in the groove'25. A bridge bar 28 extends acrossthe outer end 031% the tube 2a, and. aclamp bolt 29 connects the bridge bar with the closure plate and holds the flange 27 of the closure plate seated watertight, or nearly so, in the groove 25..

The structure shown for collecting water from an irrigation ditch, by way of the portal 1*, thef 'water being distributed-from the well- 14: by the weirs 20, or through Many uses, other'than those alluded to, will suggest themselves to persons engaged irrigation works.

7, parts hereinbefore constituting, a

the water ac=- be as many gates as desired,

thewell the tube having a in Figure! 7 is? usedv the gates. of which .thefplates 26 form part. ture in the maintenance of ra ars e2 I claim:-

1. In a device of the class described, a well having an outlet; a portal; a conduit connecting the portal with the well; a removable receptacle in the well, below the conduit; and a screen in the portal and guarding the conduit, the screen being movable to give access to the conduit.

2. In a device of the class described, spaced wells, one of which is provided with an outlet; a pipe connecting the wells adjacent to" the bottoms of the wells, but in spaced relation thereto; a portal; a pipe leading from the portal to the upper portion of the other well; and removable receptacles in the wells, below the first specified pipe.

3. In a device of the class described, spaced wells, one of which is provided with an outlet; a pipe connecting the wells adj acent to the bottoms of the wells, but in spaced relation thereto; a portal comprising a cross wall and wings; a pipe leading from the cross wall of the portal to the upper portion of the other well; and a screen in the portal, between the wings, and inclined to resist the flow through the portal, the screen being mounted pivotally at its end on the wings, whereby the screen may be. swung out-of the portal and on top of the cross wall, thereby affording access to the last specified pipe. l Y

4:. In ad'e-viceof the' class described, a

portal comprising a gross wall and wings;

a well; a pipe leading from the cross wall of the portal to the well; a gate in the portal, between the wings, the gate comprising an off set portion which is'pivoted'to the wings, the gate being adapted to be swung out'of the portal, and to rest on the cross wall, the off set portion of the gate permitting the gate to rest on the cross wall in an approximately horizontal position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixed my signapresence of two witnesses. THOMASyD E LA MARE. Witnesses: v

F. L. SEARCH,

Mason 13. Law'ron. 

